James R Breindel

US Patent:

20040242309, Dec 2, 2004

Filed:

Mar 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/801098

Inventors:

Robert Melesko - Westerly RI, US
James Breindel - Coventry RI, US
Richard Meehan - South Kingston RI, US
Robert Corvese - Warwick RI, US
Timothy Mallin - Cranston RI, US
Charles Rafuse - Westerly RI, US
Raymond Alexandre - West Warwick RI, US
Frank Metayer - Stonington CT, US

International Classification:

A63F013/00

US Classification:

463/018000

Abstract:

A lottery device, system and method incorporates lottery and non-lottery transaction capabilities within a single, network-connected device, whereby the device communicates lottery transaction information to a central lottery server, while separately managing non-lottery transaction information. The system of the present invention provides a lottery network within which one or more devices of the invention can operate. The lottery network includes a back-end transaction processor and an interface for introducing new game types into the lottery system. In this way, a lottery distributor can not only offer a range of games that changes over time, but the distributor can choose which games to offer from an ever-changing menu of game options over a variety of device types.